Barney Trouble, if you want to get into a discussion about evolution versus creationism or intelligent design, you should check out the other threads on these topics in the Science and Spirituality forums. It's been discussed nearly to death, but you could always pick up one of those threads or start another one. You might learn something about some more nuanced interpretations of the origin of the universe, instead of the all-or-nothing approach.

I do not agree with you that a person either has to believe all the exact literal truth of the creation story of the Bible or none of it at all. That's a false choice. There are very many reasonable people who accept the Bible as allegory and not literal truth. There are many people who believe in the Big Bang and evolution and who accept scientific evidence, but also believe that God exists and is responsible for creation. There are probably more people who believe that than people who believe the exact literal truth of the Bible creation story or people who believe solely in scientific explanations and the absence of God.

Like I said before, I do not like Huckabee or any other politician who wears his religion too much on his sleeve. But you should try to be fair to him. You said it is implied that he believes dinosaurs and man coexisted. You can't attack someone for something YOU said they implied, when they never actually said it. He did NOT say that in this interview, and I don't see how it is even implied. Also, you said he said he does not believe in evolution and that he believes the world was created in 6 days. You need to watch your clip again --- he goes out of his way NOT to say that. He says God was active in the process of creation, but he does not know what that process was or how long it took. When Wolf tries to pin him down, he says he doesn't know whether it was 6 days literally or 6 "days" that represent a longer span of time. I think that answer is evasive, but he doesn't say anything that a lot of reasonsble people would disagree with. There are a lot of people who believe that God created the universe through the Big Bang billions of years ago, and that life evolved exactly as science tells us, and it is all part of Gods creation. Huckabee's statements are vague enough that they could be interprested as consistent with that view.

If anything I would criticise him for being evasive in his answer instead of being unreasonable in his views, at least from what he said here.
dragonrider Reviewed by dragonrider on . Huckabee and his religious bs YouTube - Mike Huckabee responds to evolution question Does this piss anyone else off? How can a potential president of the United States think that humans and Dinosaurs coexisted? Its disgusting how someone with that much potential responsibility can be so stupid. your thoughts? Rating: 5